Secondary Education Blueprint
National Research and Consultants
National Consultants
Throughout the Secondary Education Blueprint process,
the Ed fund and the School district have invited a series of national experts
to share perspective, insight and guidance for this work. These experts
come from a variety of organizations and have participated in Steering Committee,
Task Force, and small group meetings. The following individuals have been
greatly important in advancing the work of the Secondary Education Blueprint.
National Research
In additional to engaging national experts on secondary education and reform
issues, national and local research has been an important part of the Secondary
Education Blueprint process. The following is a sampling of the research
that has been reviewed.
- Graduation and promotion policies for the District
- Governor’s Commission on College and Career Success Final Report (December, 2006)
- Project 720 Overview, 2005-06
- Results that Matter, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2006
- Breaking Ranks: Strategies for Leading High School Reform, NASSP, 2004
- High School Reform and Work: Facing Labor Market Realities, ETS, 2006
- Toward a More Comprehensive Conception of College Readiness, Educational
Policy Improvement Center of the Gates Foundation, 2007
- College Readiness: Crisis at the Core, ACT, 2006
- Tapping America’s Potential: The Education for Innovative Initiative,
2005
- An Action Agenda for Improving America’s Schools, National Education
Summit on High Schools, 2005
- Graduation Counts: Redesigning the American High School, National Governors
Association, 2005
- HS/MS Plans, Office of Curriculum and Instruction, School District of
Philadelphia, 2006-07
- The Building Blocks of High School Redesign, Tom Ewing, ASCD Info Brief,
Spring 2007
To view a full bibliography, click here (.pdf format)
Contact Information
Paul Adorno - Director
Secondary Education Planning
Philadelphia Education Fund
padorno@philaedfund.org
215-665-1400 ext. 3302
Naomi Housman - Executive Director - Secondary School Reform
School District of Philadelphia
nghousman@phila.k12.pa.us
215-400-4200
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